Potus Geeks Summer Reruns: Grover Cleveland's Secret Surgery

[kensmind]

When a President has a serious health problem and requires surgery, past practice has sometimes been to keep news of that surgery secret for fear that news of the disruption in government might have an adverse affect on the stock market. Such was the case in 1893 when, in the middle of the debate about repeal of silver coinage, President Grover

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[paulliver]

What does it mean that Presidents think Americans are too jittery to handle the reality of Presidents being human?

[kensmind]

What I wonder about is why the media has to make such a big deal every time a president has a runny nose?